William Lewis Manly (April 6, 1820 â€" February 5, 1903) was an
American pioneer of the mid-19th century. He was first a fur hunter, a
guide of westward bound caravans, a seeker of gold, and then a farmer
and writer in his later years.He wrote an autobiography, first
published with the title From Vermont to California, then a second
edition with the title Death Valley in '49, that tells of the pioneer
experience in the Far West, in particular the 1848 California Gold
Rush.Manly was born near St. Albans, Vermont, the son of Ebenezer
Manly and Phoebe (Calkins) Manly. In 1829, at the age of nine, Manly
left for Ohio with his family. Later, as a pioneer, he went to
Michigan, prior to statehood. He then went fur trapping in Wisconsin
and in Ohio and the Dakota Territory.In 1849, at the age of
twenty-nine, Manly joined the thousands of American Forty-niners
traveling to California to participate in the Gold Rush. He began
traveling overland from Wisconsin. William L. Manly Biography, NetWorth, Height, Age, Weight, Family, Married, Son, Daughter